Lenovo ThinkPad X23 ThinkPad X20, X21, X22, X23, X24 Hardware Maintenance Manu - Page 29
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Using Recovery CD To create Service Partition and install the preloaded system from Recovery CD, do the following; To create Service Partition [SP]: 1. Erase all partitions on the hard-disk drive using FDISK or similar application. 2. Boot with Recovery CD (and boot diskette if required). 3. A menu will appear stating "Your computer originally included a Product Recovery program ... Reinstall the Product Recovery Program? (Y/N) [ ]". Note: If the hard-disk drive contains any partitions, you will not receive this menu - go to step 1. 4. Enter "Y" and Service Partition will be created and loaded with Product Recovery Program files. Note: If you do not want to create Service Partition, press "N", and then go to the "Install preloaded system from CD" procedure. 5. Press"ENTER„at next window to continue. v Service Partition will be created. System will automatically reboot during this process. v Recovery process will copy some files to the Service Partition, PKUNZIP others v Follow prompts - you may be prompted to change CDs. v System will reboot. When completed, continue with "Install preloaded system from CD" procedure to install preloaded system. Install preloaded system from CD: 1. Boot with Recovery CD (and boot diskette if required) 2. If the hard-disk drive is blank, a menu will appear stating "Your computer originally included a Product Recovery program ... Reinstall the Product Recovery Program? (Y/N) [ ]". v To install Service Partition, go to step 4 of "To create Service Partition [SP]" procedure. v To preload hard-disk drive without installing Service Partition, press "N". 3. If a menu appears asking which operating system to install, highlight proper operating system and press "ENTER". 4. A menu will appear stating "Full Recovery:".Press "ENTER" to select. 5. Enter "Y" at the three windows which follow. 6. Follow prompts to complete the Recovery Process. Chapter 2. General descriptions 25